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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which borough of New York is Hannah Pitt lost in Act 3, Scene 4?
(a) Bronx
(b) Manhattan
(c) Queens
(d) Brooklyn

2. What does Joe Pitt say he has to do before accepting a job with the Justice Department?
(a) Sublet his apartment
(b) Quit his current job
(c) Pray about it
(d) Ask his wife

3. What addition to the Antarctica of Act 3, Scene 3 confuses Mr. Lies?
(a) A pizza
(b) A taxi
(c) A deer
(d) An Eskimo

4. Where in his apartment is Prior at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) On the sofa
(b) In the bed
(c) In the bath tub
(d) On the floor

5. Of what Bible story was the picture that obsessed Joe at a young age?
(a) Jacob wrestling the Angel
(b) David and Bathsheba
(c) The raising of Lazarus
(d) Saul on the road to Taursus

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a prediction Harper makes about the coming of the Millennium?

2. According to Louis in Act 2, Scene 7, what do you have to be willing to do even if you are scared?

3. Whom does Louis imply is gay in Act 2, Scene 7?

4. Which of the following is not a symptom that Prior lists off to Louis in Act 1, Scene 8?

5. For what Broadway musical does Roy Cohn get tickets for Mrs. Hollins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Hannah lost in Act 3, Scene 4?

2. How do Prior and Hannah meet the second time?

3. Describe Harper in Act 5, Scene 9.

4. Describe the setting of the Epilogue.

5. What happens to Prior in Act 2, Scene 1?

6. How does Louis use an explanation of smell in Act 1, Scene 6, as a sexual come-on?

7. Where is Roy the last time we see him in the play?

8. Describe the first meeting between Louis and Joe.

9. Why does Prior wrestle the Angel in Act 5, Scene 1?

10. How does Hannah Pitt react to Joe's late night call to her?

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